Sunday, July 3, 2022

1996 Bike FS refresh complete


Changed the tubes and tires today. Along with rebuilding the forks and swapping out the pedals, the 1996 Porsche Bike FS is ready for the road or trail. This is a friend’s bike and happens to be one of the first Votec-made Porsche bicycles introduced in the mid 1990s. The first 500 made for international sale had this black frame and red Sachs disc brakes. After these first 500, Porsche changed the color to graphite grey metallic and to Formula Italy brakes. Only a small amount of the black frame Bike FS made it to the U.S. and this is the only one I’ve seen. 

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